Photo taken from Mark Eaton's King Air 200 between Yakutsk and Magadan during
the Air Rally 1992http://www.nsapc.com

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Norman Schwartz tells the story behind the photo:

The photo was taken at 15,000 feet over Siberia on the flight from
Yakutsk to Magadan. It was not a planned event.

While in flight, I noticed a glint of a reflection at the two o'clock high
position. The object was a mere speck and indiscernible. I changed to the
radio frequency used for communication between the rally pilots and called
for anyone to reply. Mark Eaton, the pilot of the King Air, the support
aircraft responded. A comparison of GPS coordinates confirmed we were the
airborne neighbors.

Mark, a professional pilot asked if I had ever flown in formation. His
question was rhetorical since my negative reply had little effect on his
suggestion that we get real close, and he meant really close.

During the next sixty seconds he gave me a crash, or more correctly, a
non-crash course on tandem flying. We checked and re-checked altitude and
speed until both nearly coincided, and then just like that, there it was.
Three and half tons of airplane creeping up inches at a time loomed out of
the right-side cabin window He came so close I could see the sunglasses
perched on his head.